“Any environment, any single life is in a continuous state of change. This is just more obvious when you pay attention to earthworms. Their work may seem unspectacular at first. They don't chirp or sing, they don't gallop or soar, they don't hunt or make tools or write books. But they do something just as powerful: they consume, they transform, they change the earth.” ChangeEarthworms Book:The Earth Moved: On the Remarkable Achievements of Earthworms Source: The Earth Moved: On the Remarkable Achievements of Earthworms
“They are near the bottom of the food chain - a meal for fish and birds - while humans eat from the top of the food chain, consuming an astonishing array of what lies on the planet. But eventually, even we become food for the worms. Shakespeare saw this connection, writing in Hamlet, "A man may fish with a worm that hath eat of a king, and eat of a fish that hath fed of that worm.” BiologyWilliam ShakespeareHamletEarth ScienceEarthwormsAnimal ScienceAmy Stewart Author:Amy Stewart